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Reprint – DFO Shutting Down Coast Guard Radio Stations, but Prince Rupert’s Will Be Expanded

June 10, 2012BC, Comox, disaster, lighthouse, litehouse, MCTS, Prince | Rupert, rescue, safety, ships, Sidney, Tofino, VancouverAnti-Automation, Automation, British Columbia, Canada, Coast Guard, Communication, Environment, Equipment, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Foreign, Government, Incidents, Lighthouses, Medical Emergency, Operators, Radio, Reprint, Search & Rescue, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Travel, Tsunami, WeatherretlkprLeave a Comment

I wrote an article on January 04, 2012 entitled MCTS To Lose Staff To Save Money. After that date, the department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO or F&O) have changed their plans. They are now closing whole stations instead of a removing a few men! The news article below is well written and explains what […]

Reprint – The Great Pacific Garbage Reality

June 3, 2012beachcombing, debris, garbage, garbage patch, humans, Japanese, lighthouse, litehouse, tsunami, Usha Lee | McFarlingAsia, Beachcombing, Earthquake, Environment, First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Foreign, Glass Balls, History, Incidents, Information, Japan, Lighthouses, News, On The Job, Recreation, Reprint, Shipwrecks, TsunamiretlkprLeave a Comment

May 27, 2012 – copied from the LA Times The great Pacific garbage reality. It’s not tsunami debris we should fear; it’s the trash clogging our oceans – Usha Lee McFarling I received permission today to reprint this article written by Usha Lee McFarling supporting the theory expressed in my story Japanese Debris On The BC Coast – […]

What is Harper Afraid of? – by Franke James

May 29, 2012Enbridge, Franke | James, Harper, lighthouse, litehouse, oil, PMBeachcombing, British Columbia, Canada, Environment, First Nations, Fisheries and Oceans, Fishing, Game, Government, History, Incidents, Information, Lighthouses, News, Oil Spills, Recreation, Reprint, Ships & Shipping, Shipwrecks, Travel, Weather, WildliferetlkprLeave a Comment

The full content of this pictograph is available here on Franke James website. Please read it, send a letter, even if you live outside Canada, to let the Canadian Prime Minister know that what he is doing is WRONG! More –>

Plasticized Oceans

May 28, 2012deaths, garbage, lighthouse, litehouse, man-made, plastic, pollution, wildlifeAdvertisement, Anti-Automation, Beachcombing, Environment, Fishing, Foreign, Government, Information, Lighthouses, On The Job, Recreation, Travel, WorldwideretlkprLeave a Comment

I lived thirty-two years on the lighthouses bordering on the Pacific Ocean. As a lighthouse keeper, I was also aware of the ocean as a living habitat that should be protected. We voluntarily reported oil spills, garbage, etc. For me it was a beautiful place, but I saw what man could do to the oceans […]